WTYTIAAN Chapter 258

Chapter 258

Deep within Serinval, the sacred ground of the Elven race.

This is where the Elven Mother Tree grows, and access is forbidden to the vast majority of elves. Only a select few are qualified to enter.

Normally, it is extremely quiet here, with only the rustling of leaves when the wind blows.

However, today is extremely different. The usually tranquil sacred ground is unusually lively. Countless elves qualified to enter the sacred ground are shuttling through it. This race, considered arrogant and aloof by the outside world, now has smiles on their faces, even excitement—

Even the frequency of their wing flapping is faster than before.

If you ask why these elves are suddenly so excited, it’s naturally because their king, the most legendary figure of the Elven race, the spiritual totem of almost every elf, Lady Sylph, has been reborn!

As soon as this news came out, the entire Elven race was in an uproar. It was said that Lady Sylph was already in the sacred ground. Those elves who couldn’t enter craned their necks, waiting for Lady Sylph to emerge from the sacred ground, so they could see the legend of the Elven race at the first opportunity.

And the elves who were able to enter the sacred ground had already rushed to the front, lining up and waiting for Lady Sylph’s summons—

The Elven Academy.

“Do you think it’s really Lady Sylph?” Quell put his hands behind his head, floating in the air listlessly, watching the lively scene outside. “Damn it, why are only elven toddlers not allowed to go out and join the fun at this time?”

The well-behaved Zara sat in a special flower bud desk and chair set in the Elven Academy. She turned a page of the book in front of her, which was three times larger than herself. Although her eyes were still fixed on the words in the book, her attention had already wandered off. She would occasionally turn her head to look at the lively adult elves outside, her eyes filled with anticipation. Hearing what Quell said, she tilted her head.

“Didn’t Elder Regulus say that it was Lady Sylph? If it’s not Lady Sylph, then who else could it be?” Zara’s tone was soft. “I also want to see Lady Sylph… but the elders won’t let us out. They are probably worried that the toddlers will offend Lady Sylph.”

Speaking of this, Zara was obviously a little disappointed. The name Sylph is the spiritual totem of the Elven race. The legendary elf who only existed in books and notes suddenly came to life, which neither adult elves nor young elves could resist.

Quell curled his lips. “Who can guarantee that it’s really Lady Sylph? There’s no inherited memory to prove it.”

In fact, rumors of Lady Sylph’s reincarnation had been circulating for a long time, but most elves only regarded it as a rumor. After all, every once in a while in the Elven race, there would be rumors that a former elf had been reincarnated, but they were all false.

——Of course, some of them were true, but these reincarnations were difficult to confirm, because the memories were taken back when the elves returned to the Mother Tree, and there were very few who returned with complete memories after reincarnation. Some even mixed up the memories of other elves. This situation was not uncommon in the Elven race. According to the Elven race, this was actually inherited memory.

Therefore, a newborn elf who only possesses a memory fragment of a certain elf is not necessarily the reincarnation of that elf.

But Lady Sylph was different. Before returning to the Elven Mother Tree, he took out his memory separately and placed it in the sacred ground. No newborn elf would have Lady Sylph’s memory inheritance at birth.

And Sylph became the spiritual totem of the Elven race not only because of his strength, but also because of his contribution to the Elven race, and an important point——every newborn elf would receive a baptism shortly after birth.

This so-called baptism is to receive the memory inheritance from Sylph. Every elf gets something different after the baptism. For example, Quell got Sylph’s courage and archery skills, while Zara got Sylph’s wisdom and skills in natural magic.

How could elves who have experienced baptism and received grace from Sylph have evil thoughts towards this selfless lord?

And since all the memories have been taken out, it is impossible for a newborn elf to have Lady Sylph’s memory at birth, so how can they confirm that the reincarnation is really Lady Sylph?

Based on this, the rebellious Quell felt that the so-called Lady Sylph’s reincarnated elf might not be real.

“But Elder Regulus said so…” Zara hesitated, “And the elders haven’t appeared either. They should have gone to see Lady Sylph, right? The elders are so smart, how could they be wrong?”

Quell snorted and rolled over in the air. “How is it impossible? Those old guys last time blamed me for ruining the flower field and teasing Teacher Rhine! It was clearly Jaine who did it!”

Zara was startled by Quell’s sudden loud voice, and shrank her neck, muttering, “But… but you participated too, didn’t you? You can’t say the elders got it wrong…”

Hearing what Zara said, Quell stamped his feet in anger: “What do you mean I participated? I just happened to pass by and saw it, and threw a fart bomb in. Who knew it would hit right next to Teacher Rhine!”

Zara closed her mouth, only opening her round eyes to look at Quell. Her eyes were clear and bright, clearly writing: Isn’t that still participating?

Quell was even more angry.

Watching Quell jump up and down for a while, Jaine, who had been silent all along, suddenly had a trace of malicious interest in his eyes. “Speaking of which, Quell, do you think Elder Regulus is senile this time and recognized a fake Lady Sylph?”

The boisterous Quell suddenly froze when he heard this. He slowly landed and said awkwardly: “I… I didn’t say that. I just said maybe, it’s not certain.”

No matter how rebellious Quell was, he couldn’t arbitrarily discuss matters about Lady Sylph, let alone about Elder Regulus, who was always known for his rigor. How could he be wrong?

Quell’s current stubbornness was just out of the frustration of being wronged just now, and being locked up in the academy when such a big event happened in the Elven race.

“I have an idea.” Jaine gave a sly smile and lowered his voice, “Since you are so curious, Quell, why don’t we sneak into the sacred ground together to see if that—Lady Sylph is real or fake?”

Zara and Quell both looked at him in surprise, and the other elven toddlers who were ‘fortunate’ enough to hear Jaine’s words all looked shocked.

“You’re crazy, Jaine!” One of the elven toddlers who played well with Jaine was shocked. “That’s the sacred ground——we can’t go in.”

Jaine snorted and put his hands on his hips: “So what about the sacred ground? Didn’t the elders not allow us to leave Serinval? Haven’t we sneaked out before? Is the sacred ground more dangerous than outside Serinval?”

The elven toddlers were speechless for a while.

This… It’s not that it’s dangerous, but the sacred ground is indeed a forbidden place for elven toddlers like them. This is different from leaving Serinval. After all, elven toddlers who successfully pass the growth period and enter adulthood have the ability to enter and leave Serinval. After obtaining the elders’ approval, they can also go out to travel, just like Talyssin who went to the Human Academy to study (an elf who entered the Sigrett Academy to study).

But the sacred ground, only a few elves who hold certain positions in the tribe can enter, such as elven elders, such as newborn elf caregivers, etc., and elves who need to be baptized will enter the sacred ground.

That’s not a place they can enter if they want to.

Jaine: “You just tell me, do you want to see the legendary Lady Sylph?”

…

In the end, the elven toddlers were still tempted.

Several elven toddlers secretly sneaked out of a corner tree hole in the Elven Academy, bypassed the adult elves who flew by from time to time, and quietly approached the elven sacred ground.

When they were about to approach the elven sacred ground, Jaine stopped all the elven toddlers and pulled them to hide behind a big tree. Just when they didn’t know why, Jaine quickly poked his head out and took a look.

There were no other elves, but there were adult elves patrolling not far away.

“We can’t go this way.” Jaine lowered his voice. “Unless you want to be caught by those elves as soon as you go in.”

“But there’s only one entrance to the sacred ground. If we don’t go from here, where else can we go?” The well-behaved Zara asked.

“I know a way. Follow me.”

Jaine said, and took the lead to fly out. The remaining elven toddlers looked at each other and followed Jaine one after another, flying in a long line towards the road Jaine said.

Turning around in the forest, just when Zara was about to get dizzy, Jaine suddenly stopped.

The elven toddlers behind obviously didn’t expect Jaine to stop suddenly, and slammed into Jaine’s back, knocking him away a little. Before Jaine could turn around and scold them, the elven toddlers behind bumped into them one after another.

For a while, there were endless sounds of ouch and ouch.

Jaine didn’t even have time to complain, so he quickly covered the mouths of these elven toddlers. “Stop shouting! Stop shouting! Do you want to call all the elders over?”

The elven toddler who was following behind Jaine and was hit the hardest covered his head with tears in his eyes, “I didn’t know you would stop suddenly!”

Jaine looked at the sky speechlessly. He couldn’t understand how he, such a smart elf, could have such a stupid group of little brothers.

“That’s the sacred ground over there. If you go a little further inside, you can meet the elders face to face! Why do you think I stopped suddenly!” Jaine gritted his teeth.

Huh? Have we reached the sacred ground already?

Hearing Jaine’s words, the elven toddlers who were still teary-eyed just now immediately forgot the pain, and began to look around one by one.

“But… why does this place look so familiar?”

“I also think this place looks a bit familiar. Is this the sacred ground? Is it because we came here for baptism before?”

“But I remember that the place where we were baptized doesn’t look like this?”

Several little elves looked at Jaine one after another. Jaine raised his chin proudly. “You don’t understand this, do you?”

“This is the edge of the Spring of Life——you know the Spring of Life, right?”

The Spring of Life, no elf wouldn’t know this. If the Elven Mother Tree is the root that nurtures the elves, then the Spring of Life is the water source that irrigates the root.

The spring of the Spring of Life is next to the Elven Mother Tree, irrigating the Elven Mother Tree, providing energy full of vitality, so that the fruits (elven toddlers) condensed by the Elven Mother Tree can grow strong and healthy.

“So this is the Spring of Life?” Zara looked around curiously when she heard the sound of water flowing. “Then the Elven Mother Tree is nearby?”

“This is just the edge. You need to go further in to see the Elven Mother Tree.” Jaine said confidently.

“Then what are we waiting for? Since Lady Sylph has been reincarnated, she must be next to the Elven Mother Tree!” Quell said excitedly. “Then let’s go in quickly!”

As he said that, he rushed in first, ignoring the hesitant Jaine. Seeing this, the other elves hurriedly followed.

Their curiosity about Lady Sylph had exceeded their fear of the elven elders.

Jaine didn’t have time to stop them at all. The elven toddlers had already flown away with just a reach of his hand.

“These idiots!” Jaine gritted his teeth. He hadn’t even had time to say that he would be caught by the patrolling elders if he went in here. They had to fly very high and hide in the canopy to take a look from a distance so they wouldn’t be discovered.

But these idiots didn’t even finish listening to his words, and had already rushed in——

So can he really blame Quell for always being the scapegoat every time he makes trouble?

Jaine thought fiercely.